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Re: ethernet after boot problem



On Fri, 9 Dec 2005 01:13:22 -0800
Yigal Weinstein <yigal.weinstein@gmail.com> wrote:

> On 12/9/05, Koen Vermeer <k.a.vermeer@tnw.tudelft.nl> wrote:
> >
> > On Thu, 2005-12-08 at 17:58 -0800, Yigal Weinstein wrote:
> > > averatec 3200 series with 2.6.12 kernal.  dchp3-client works on boot
> > > to give me internet etc iff ethernet cable is plugged into the laptop.
> > > If i plug in the ethernet cable after boot there seems to be no way to
> > > get internet.  i don't know my way around network
> >
> > Something like 'ifup eth0' should probably get the network set up. If
> > you want to automate it (so the network gets configures as soon as you
> > plug in the cable), have a look at the ifplugd package.
> >
> > Koen
> # interface nonet


I have in /etc/network/interfaces the following

iface eth0 inet static
        address 192.168.254.2
        netmask 255.255.255.255

just to have the interface running after boot.
(I manually start DHCP or static assigned IP addresses (sudo ofcourse) depending on the location)

Regards,

Rob de Graaf




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